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    May 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015

    A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the city's African-American voters — say they're dissatisfied with the job he's doing.
    A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the city's African-American voters...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Jesse Jackson, Chicago Mayor, Cook County Government, Politics

    2. Sep 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Kassopedia: The cure for Verpes, Rahmifications and Karen Lewis Withdrawal Syndrome

    As I light my pipe, take up my quill pen and sheepskin and once again prepare to write another volume of The Kassopedia — the repository of the world's great knowledge — I'm reminded of a snarky reader.
    As I light my pipe, take up my quill pen and sheepskin and once again prepare to write another volume of The Kassopedia — the repository of the world's great knowledge — I'm reminded of a snarky reader. She calls herself, "Your long...

    Tags: Proco Joe Moreno, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Teachers Strike, Hot Dogs, Labor Legislation

    3. Sep 12, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Strike pits new Democrats against old friends

    "If you can't make it here," many Chicagoans have told me over the years, "you can't make it anywhere." That's why educators, politicians and labor organizers across the nation are keeping a close eye on the city's teachers strike.
    "If you can't make it here," many Chicagoans have told me over the years, "you can't make it anywhere." That's why educators, politicians and labor organizers across the nation are keeping a close eye on the city's teachers strike. For public workers'...

    Tags: Unions, Chicago Teachers Strike, Executive Branch, Government, White House

    4. Mar 31, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. School-closings controversy needs some reality checks

    <strong>Let's not pretend that when you close schools on the South and West s</strong><strong>ides, the children affected aren't black. Let's not pretend that's not racist. ...</strong>
    Let's not pretend that when you close schools on the South and West sides, the children affected aren't black. Let's not pretend that's not racist. ... Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, speaking at a protest rally Wednesday As long as we'...

    Tags: Racism, U.S. Supreme Court, Buzz Bissinger, Justice and Rights, Social Issues

    5. Sep 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Schoolchildren's stomachs rumble; drama queens grumble

    As nominations poured in for the stupendous Moutza of the Month award for September, President Barack Obama was avoiding meeting with world leaders because he had something more important to do: hang out on daytime TV with the ladies of "The View."
    As nominations poured in for the stupendous Moutza of the Month award for September, President Barack Obama was avoiding meeting with world leaders because he had something more important to do: hang out on daytime TV with the ladies of "The View." "I...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Teachers Strike, Cinderella (fictional character), National Football League

    6. Sep 21, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Rejecting test scores as a core value

    It wasn't about money. It was about respect. That's what Chicago teachers union president Karen Lewis kept reminding the public during the seven-day teachers strike that had parents scrambling and kept 350,000 children out of class. But there was way...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Academic Progress, Chicago Mayor, Students, Chicago Teachers Strike

    7. Sep 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. It's the teachers in a squeaker

    Which side won in the Chicago Teachers Union strike?
    Which side won in the Chicago Teachers Union strike? I've heard and been asked the question many times since the union suspended its seven-day walkout and its members returned to the classroom Wednesday. The easy, vague answer is that both sides won. The...

    Tags: Unions, Chicago Teachers Strike, Bipolar Disorder, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Academic Progress

    8. Sep 14, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. What would Neva Boyd think?

    In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games.
    In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games. Three of Chicago's best-trained game players — Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong — landed lucrative, career-making gigs on "Saturday Night Live," a tantalizing reminder of the...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Colleges and Universities, Chicago Teachers Strike, University of Chicago, Teachers

    9. Sep 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Teachers' contentions

    "Our members are not happy. They want to know if there is anything more they can get."
    "Our members are not happy. They want to know if there is anything more they can get." So said Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, Sunday evening after its House of Delegates refused to call off its strike against Chicago Public Schools...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Unions, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Teachers Strike, Wage Contract Issues

    10. Sep 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Rahmpelstiltskin could come out any day now

    If the striking Chicago teachers wanted to see the mayor as some angry Rahmpelstiltskin &mdash; stamping his feet in those in curly-toed boots, shrieking to be paid for spinning all that straw into gold &mdash; they'll have to wait a few more days.
    If the striking Chicago teachers wanted to see the mayor as some angry Rahmpelstiltskin — stamping his feet in those in curly-toed boots, shrieking to be paid for spinning all that straw into gold — they'll have to wait a few more days. It'...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Teachers Strike, Teachers

    11. Sep 12, 2012 |Column| WXIN-LTV

  11. Chicago school strike hits third day

    Talks were set to start again Wednesday morning with Chicago's school board and striking public school teachers seemingly miles apart from reaching a deal to get 350,000 children back in school.
    Talks were set to start again Wednesday morning with Chicago's school board and striking public school teachers seemingly miles apart from reaching a deal to get 350,000 children back in school. And as rhetoric and accusations came from both sides,...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Unions, Time (magazine), Chicago Teachers Strike, Teachers

    12. Apr 26, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  12. Open thread: The Weeks in Review

    Change of Subject
    The "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of......
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